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  1. Hello, We have been making soap off and on for a few years now for home use. love the boards here...so informative but we have been computerless and without net even if we did have a comp We have been trying to do research on how to accurately test PH of our bars we use the soap around the house but people have been asking for a bar now and then but I dont want to hand -any- our without having some sort of documentation of the bar being safe..dont want to hurt our friends :smiley2: we do have ph strips from a local herb-type store but ive read about a liquid solution online at the library and one of my arborists friends has told me about digital ph testers and we were just wondering which would do the job the best price and time isnt an issue..we are very slowly ramping up to selling soap on the side later on and are accumulating tools for the plunge into business (sorry for rambling...just read back and noticed there want a solid question in there) what is the best/most accurate PH testing system for soapers? thank you for everything
  2. ill drop henryk a message and thank yall very much for the replies
  3. I was just wondering if anyone hand any experience with rendering bayberry wax, or knew of a source for information, or even just made candles with bayberry wax. anything would be greatly appriciated(if thats how you spell it) thanks
  4. oh yeah! the walmart here is filled to the brim with those baskets too. they have some great ideas for fillers in the baskets...massagers, sponges, manicure and pedicure sets, lotions, candles and bubble bath and oils...makes me ill really. and yes, they are of much lower quality than what we would by hand...and not nearly as pretty and/or original. my boyfriend and i are going to make some gift baskets as soon as i can find a good deal on baskets somewhere online. I'm hoping we might be able to give walmart and other stores a run for their money on the prices...if not...oh well...
  5. please excuse the stupid question, but, can you rebatch in a crockpot?
  6. i dunno about hot proccess in crockpots...i only do cold process so far...but anyway, i use my crock to bring my oils up to temp and it's navy blue and it does great so far.
  7. thanx everyone for the positive comments on my firsties...i appreciate it very much. i'm gonna go ahead and start planning for easter and st. patrick's day...anyone have any ideas for scents?
  8. ya know, barnaby, why not go ahead and plan for something fresh for the next holidays? i don't make bathbombs or fizzies or anything like that...just cp soap so far. but i had a neat idea. i'll look around a bit to see if i can find something to make the particular shape for you (maybe some of those flexible, shaped ice trays?)...but here's my idea: why not make a short string of christmas light shaped bombs or fizzies attatched to the string with plastic ornament caps?? it would be quite different and might sell...well....at least i've never seen anything like it yet. and maybe those clear plastic ornaments could be filled with bath salts? and sold in sets depending on sizes? just an idea. maybe after i get some more experience with soap i should give some other b&b product a try....hmmm. well, i'm glad you found what you were looking for...happy bombing.
  9. this is my first batch. i was soooo nervous that it wouldn't turn out right...but i love how it came out. it's colored with a marigold crayon (figured i'd give it a shot....not bad for a first timer), and i ground up some oatmeal and almonds at the last minute and added it at trace with about a half ounce of honey FO. i've had people tell me it looks and smells more like something you'd eat than something you'd bathe with. here's my second batch. i wasn't as happy with it as i was with the other two but it smells divine. since my first attempt with dying with a crayon came out fine i tried it again with magenta and a bit of violet. it got a light pink tint but left speckles of un-desolved crayon. it doesn't look awful...but it looks more like cotton candy or a brick of funky flavored icecream. i used a cardboard box lined with wax paper...i think i like the pvc molds better...it was too hard to try to get all of the bubbles from between the top of the soap and the plastic wrap for curing. this is my last batch (3rd). it's my first attempt at a swirl....came out o.k. i guess. used cocoa powder to dye it and left the swirl natural. unfortunately it didn't leave the cocoa scent i hoped it would...but i'll know better next time.
  10. this pic is prolly sort of close up..and this will be my first time posting a pic...so please bear with me and there is air bubbles and patches of motteling...and layer runover and all kinda bad stuff..and everyone but me likes it...guess they are lookin at it different the wrinkles i was talking about are on the top part...you can see them where the flash is glaring
  11. just had a quick question about tempatures...first few the layers after the first cooled so quick they were rustic-ish so this time i made sure my second and third pour were hot enough to remelt the wax on the mold...but when i unmolded it.. the first pour, that was like 180, wrinkled up sort of like a rustic....it didnt have rings like what my cold pours usually do. it was just wrinkly. the other two layers were just find...smooth and everything cept a few small patches of motteling...but could i have poured it too hot..or just let it cool to fast in that cold room? thanks
  12. well if one invests in titanium dioxide...should it be the oil based type or water based...or does it matter?
  13. most definitely it is! (no matter where you got it)
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